Terminology
Objective abnormality, can be seen or measured
What is a sign?
A statement regarding the likely outcome of a disease
What is a prognosis?
Benign vs. Malignant
What is a cancer?
Acute, Chronic, Localized and Systemic
What are types of inflammation?
Age, gender, nutrition, infectious agent
What are factors that affect spread of disease?
Subjective abnormality, something that is said
What is a symptom?
When a group of tissues starting working together to perform a common function, this is the organizational level achieved
What is organ?
Grows slowly, no metastasis
What is Benign?
Redness, heat, pain and swelling
What are signs of inflammation?
Production of abnormal undifferentiated cells
What is Anaplasia?
Collection of s/s with a common cause
What is a syndrome?
Severe loss of appetite, weight loss and general weakness in a cancer patient
What is Cachexia?
Self examination, blood testing bx
What are ways to dx CA?
Compounds released when cells are damaged
What are Inflammation mediators?
Lessen or reversal of s/s
What is remission?
Disease with undetermined causes (unknown etiology)
What is idiopathic?
State of physical, social, mental well being and not just the absence of disease
What is Health?
Spread of a tumor to another part of the body
What is metastasis?
ASA, Antihistamine, NSAIDS and steroids
What are medication to tx inflammation?
Vaccines, antivirals and antibiotics
What are examples of control and prevention of a disease or pathogen?
This person studies the causal and coincidental relationships of disease
What is an Epidemiologist?
Study of underlying physiological processes associated with disease
What is Pathophysiology?
Unusual bleeding, sore that does not heal, cough and hoarseness
What are CA warning signs?
Protective response to irritant/injury, process that attempts to minimize injury and maintain homeostasis
What is inflammatory response?
Malignant epithelial tumors
What are carcinomas?